Monthly Archives: June 2009

More than 20 per cent construction work of ‘airside infrastructure’ of the new Islamabad International Airport which includes pavement works (Runway, Taxiway, Apron etc.) has already been completed as commenced in August last year and this airport will become functional by the end of 2011. According to a senior official […]

By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE: The Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2008, released on Monday by the World Bank, reveal that the level of government control in fields vital for the well-being of a nation is the lowest in Pakistan among regional countries. Six governance indicators, which are crucial for the economic and […]

The world suffers a lot, not because of the violence of bad people but because of the silence of good people; said Napoleon. Words are more important than actions. What we do comes latter than what we say. Actions can be forgotten but words are ever living. The most painful […]

Revised versions of the policy guidance for tier 4 of the points-based system, and of the PBS dependants policy guidance, have now been published. The key changes that are included in the revised guidance are highlighted below:

The British High Commission yesterday issued a statement about the UK visa application process, including the current processing times, and a warning about the activities of unscrupulous agents. “We decided to make this announcement because we are aware that unscrupulous agents are exploiting some applicants and giving them misleading visa […]

By Shaheen Sehbai WASHINTGON: At least 11 big and small, known and unknown, lobbying companies have been hired by Pakistan and state-owned Pakistani organisations in the US, paying them hundreds of thousands of dollars every month, some of them having mysterious names and almost dubious credentials. Although lobbying is a […]

If Pakistan has to shed the fragility of its economy, it must be diversified and industrialised on a massive scale. Both the public and the private sectors have to take initiatives towards this end, as it is a critical prerequisite for entering the “take-off” stage which has eluded the country […]

By the middle of the 19th Century, life in the cities of Industrial Revolution Europe was grim. The continent had experienced unprecedented urbanisation, the science of public sanitation hadn’t quite met the challenges posed by densely populated cities and the main source of energy was coal. As a result, urban […]

YOKOHAMA: Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its electric vehicles will be affordable, setting sights on the potentially lucrative market with a plan to mass produce zero-emission cars globally from 2012. Japan’s No. 3 automaker said it would unveil its first electric vehicle in Japan on August 2 and begin sales […]

Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Annual meeting of SCO was held in Ekaterinburg on June 15-16. Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov participated at the meeting. During his addressed he positively assessed the activity of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization for over the last period. He noted that “a considerable work has been carried out on […]